Will be rerun on Dec. 15.

Sayid must be a human calculator to have figured out in his head from the number at the end of the message that it had been running for sixteen years.

Wouldn't be that hard to do. Multiply the # of iterations by 30. That gives you the number of seconds. From there, convert into hours, days, years. I couldn't do it in my head, but I know a few people personally who would be able to.

So, who told Boone about the dead pilot? Did trippin' Charlie let it slip offscreen on the hike?

Obviously that white thing (I didn't get a too close look at it) can't be a normal polar bear - either it's chemistry (genes) were altered, or it's an albino bear, because I think a polar bear would've died of heatstroke long ago. (Though a polar bear is one of the most deadly animals to man).

When the unseen thing snatched the pilot from the cockpit, I thought we'd see dinosaurs next. I was surprised nobody mentioned Jurassic Park.

The polar bear can't be the only problem - it couldn't have snatched the pilot from that high, or deposited him in the tree. And it couldn't have made the noise in the night - polar bears don't roar - or bent the palms.

So they stranded either on Isla Sorna or the Island of Dr. Moreau?

I don't know how this tranceiver thingie works, but why would the batteries last for only a short time? (Why not include some solar panels to recharge them? Why not put a little crank lever to produce power manually - They do that with solar radios for 3rd world countries with no electricty - the technology has been available for about 10 years!)

Sayid does need some time to calculate it - with enough time, I could calculate it, too. (Though I wouldn't want to, I prefer paper for calculations )

Why doesn't Jack get somebody else to help him with the operation besides Hurley?

At one point, it started raining heavily (part 1?), and everybody went for shelter, but nobody thought to catch that important drinking water? I haven't seen them find a freshwater spring yet. (Or go looking for it), despite the water they'd loose through sweating on a tropical island. (Although I have to admit I lost a large part of the dialogue due to a phone call.)

I hope they stop all that whirling camera work - it makes me almost seasick , but also hard to follow what's going on. Is it supposed to give a realistic flair to this stuff?

costanze: At one point, it started raining heavily (part 1?), and everybody went for shelter, but nobody thought to catch that important drinking water? I haven't seen them find a freshwater spring yet. (Or go looking for it), despite the water they'd loose through sweating on a tropical island. (Although I have to admit I lost a large part of the dialogue due to a phone call.)
Good point. It does become an issue later on.

Obviously Walt has been through a lot in the last few hours, but he seemed a little too bland when he told whoever it was that his mother had died a couple of weeks ago. I would expect a kid of his age to be more upset about his mother's death (unless this becomes a plot point later, in which case don't spoil it for me!).

I figured he internalized it. Or perhaps his reaction has something to do with what's "special" about him.